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Committee adopts amendment to change medical-review rules for drivers with seizure history; bill moves to Ways and Means
Summary
The House Transportation Committee adopted a DE1 amendment to House File 639 that directs the Minnesota Commissioner of Public Safety to revise rules for drivers who have experienced loss of consciousness due to medical conditions. The amended bill was referred to the Ways and Means Committee.
The House Transportation Committee on March 24 adopted an author27s amendment to House File 639 and voted to move the bill to the Ways and Means Committee.
The amendment (DE1) restructures rulemaking directions to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety and adds a fiscal appropriation for rulemaking costs. Mr. Burris, a staff member who walked the committee through the amendment, said the changes "make technical structural changes to the direction given to the Department of Public Safety on the rulemaking" and that the amendment also clarifies that certain revised rules do not apply to some commercial driver27s license holders. The amendment adds an $11,000 appropriation for fiscal…
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